Even The Stars Top Albums of 2017 - 20 to 16

Our Top 25 albums of 2017 countdown continues today with the albums that make up numbers 20 to 16 of our favourite records of the year. Feel free to tweet us your favourites and why you think our list is great / predictable / preposterous.

Findlay / MarthaGunn / Baby Taylah - Glasgow King Tut's Wah Wah Hut - 10th December 2017

Findlay brought what felt like her first UK tour in an eternity to a close on Sunday night at Glasgow's King Tut's Wah Wah Hut supported by Brighton's MarthaGunn and local Baby Taylah. Playing the majority of songs from her debut album Forgotten Pleasures, Findlay and her band delivered a set that warmed up the audience and left us scratching our heads as to why she's still playing venues of this size.

Findlay - Forgotten Pleasures

"They say I'm no good, but I've never been better"

Findlay's debut album Forgotten Pleasures has been a long time coming, but the thirteen track collection is more than worth the wait. It's crammed full of the bold, confident and self-assured songs you'd expect from her sporadic live shows and much more.

EVEN THE STARS PLAYLIST 1

We've decided to start a regular playlist of new songs we're listening to. Our first playlist consists of 20 songs we've had on rotation the past few months. We hope you like them. Future playlists will be posted when we've got 10 songs to share.

Track Of The Day : Findlay - Junk Food

Findlay's been away for a while. One of our top three tips for 2015 she's been away freeing herself from a mire of record label machinations, but she's back to close out the year with a stunning new track and an equally eye-catching video called Junk Food.

Track Of The Day : Findlay - Wolf Back

Until last month it had been ages since we'd heard from Findlay. Then she dropped comeback track Electric Bones as well as a home-made EP that was only available on her Soundcloud over a weekend. She's now revealed her latest track Wolf Back, which will be released as a single in April, and which showcases a new side to her sound.

Track Of The Day : Findlay - Electric Bones

Findlay was one of our top three tips for 2015. The other two (Blossoms and The Tapestry) have graced us with great singles in January and it's now Findlay's turn to reveal Electric Bones, her first song for over a year and today's Track Of The Day justifies that place in our tip selection.

Even The Stars Tips For 2015 - The Top Three

Welcome to the final day of Even The Stars' tips for 2015.  The three bands/artists we reveal today are three that we believe should be huge in 2015. They each have the tunes, personality and stage presence that have had us going back to watch them many times over the past couple of years and, with due respect to all the other bands on the lists, are the ones that we see breaking out to the much wider audience that they deserve.

We present Blossoms, Findlay and The Tapestry.

Findlay - Manchester Band On The Wall - 7th February 2014

Findlay

Manchester Band On The Wall

7th February 2014

Findlay returns back home to Manchester and charms a packed Band On The Wall.

Dot To Dot - Manchester various venues - 23rd May 2013

Dot To Dot is a one-day festival across three UK cities on consecutive days. It's a multi-venue festival where one wristband gets you access to all bands in any of the venues. Fresh from three days of this experience at The Great Escape, we attended the first of the three at Dot to Dot Manchester and this is what we thought.

The Great Escape Day 1 - Brighton various venues - 16th May 2013

The Great Escape is a three-day festival spread across thirty of Brighton's finest small and medium sized venues attracting hundreds of acts from across the world.  It's now become the opening event of the UK festival season and attracts visitors from all over the country and further afield.  We trawled the streets armed with a map and a timetable and an iPhone for last minute schedule changes and Twitter recommendations and this is who he saw.